Margo Kitts, Ph.D.


Bio


Margo Kitts has authored or edited eleven books and published over fifty articles addressing religious conflict, ritual studies, and ancient studies.  Recent peer reviewed books are Sacrifice:  Themes, Theories, and Controversies (CUP 2022); Elements of Ritual and Violence (CUP 2018); and her edited Martyrdom, Self-Sacrifice, and Self-Immolation:  Religious Perspectives on Suicide (2018 OUP). Her most recent project as editor: Cambridge Companion to Religion and War, in press.


Education


Ph.D. | University of California, Berkeley | 1994

  • Joint Program in Near Eastern Religions, with the Graduate Theological Union.

  • Dissertation Title:  Oath-Making in the Iliad

  • Committee:  Michael Nagler, Classics and Peace Studies, Chair; Anthony Bullock, Classics; Ruggero Stefanini, Near Eastern Studies; Victor Gold, Graduate Theological Union;  Richard Payne, Institute of Buddhist Studies.

  • Comprehensive exams:  Hittite ritual, Greek sacrifice, Homer as an oral poet.


MA, with distinction | Graduate Theological Union | 1984

  • History and Phenomenology of Religion

BA, with distinction | California State University at Chico | 1975

  • Philosophy


Recent Teaching Experience


Professor of East-West Humanities | Hawai’i Pacific University, Honolulu, HI | 2006 - Present

  • Assistant (2006-2008), Associate (2008-2013) and Full (2013 forward)

  • Coordinator for Religious Studies and East-West Classical Studies


Lecturer, Classics and Religious Studies | Iowa State University, Ames, IA | 2003 - 2006

  • Taught courses on: Greek and Roman epics, world religions, war in world religions, women in world religions, and Buddhism.


Margo Kitts, Ph.D.


Bio


Margo Kitts has authored or edited eleven books and published over fifty articles addressing religious conflict, ritual studies, and ancient studies.  Recent peer reviewed books are Sacrifice:  Themes, Theories, and Controversies (CUP 2022); Elements of Ritual and Violence (CUP 2018); and her edited Martyrdom, Self-Sacrifice, and Self-Immolation:  Religious Perspectives on Suicide (2018 OUP). Her most recent project as editor: Cambridge Companion to Religion and War, in press.


Education


Ph.D. | University of California, Berkeley | 1994

  • Joint Program in Near Eastern Religions, with the Graduate Theological Union.

  • Dissertation Title:  Oath-Making in the Iliad

  • Committee:  Michael Nagler, Classics and Peace Studies, Chair; Anthony Bullock, Classics; Ruggero Stefanini, Near Eastern Studies; Victor Gold, Graduate Theological Union;  Richard Payne, Institute of Buddhist Studies.

  • Comprehensive exams:  Hittite ritual, Greek sacrifice, Homer as an oral poet.


MA, with distinction | Graduate Theological Union | 1984

  • History and Phenomenology of Religion

BA, with distinction | California State University at Chico | 1975

  • Philosophy


Recent Teaching Experience


Professor of East-West Humanities | Hawai’i Pacific University, Honolulu, HI | 2006 - Present

  • Assistant (2006-2008), Associate (2008-2013) and Full (2013 forward)

  • Coordinator for Religious Studies and East-West Classical Studies


Lecturer, Classics and Religious Studies | Iowa State University, Ames, IA | 2003 - 2006

  • Taught courses on: Greek and Roman epics, world religions, war in world religions, women in world religions, and Buddhism.